Painted fired clay

2800-2600 BCE

Kot Diji

CSMVS

Details

Culture/Civilisation

Harappan Civilisation

Subtheme

How the Cities Were Fed

Display Location

Rotunda

Accession Number

IV 1934

Description

This is a handmade, painted, and unbaked pot of c. 2800-2600 BCE from Kot Diji, an important early Harappan site. The finds from here reveal the transition from earlier pre-Harappan pottery to the stronger, baked pottery which was the characteristic of the Mature Harappan period.